<html><body><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px"><span class="author-a-xsnsbz74zpz79zpz87zz87zz78zz69zz85zl8">Hello everyone,</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px"><br></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px"><span class="author-a-xsnsbz74zpz79zpz87zz87zz78zz69zz85zl8">The
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology FOSDEM community is pleased to
announce the 1st edition of our DevRoom ! It will take place on
Saturday January 31st in Belgium, at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB)</span><span class="author-a-ez65z9z86zlz70zz65zz87zl7sm5xz74zj"> in the afternoon</span><span class="author-a-xsnsbz74zpz79zpz87zz87zz78zz69zz85zl8">.</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px"><br></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px"><span class="author-a-xsnsbz74zpz79zpz87zz87zz78zz69zz85zl8">### General Information about FOSDEM</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px"><br></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px"><span class="author-a-xsnsbz74zpz79zpz87zz87zz78zz69zz85zl8">FOSDEM
is a free and non-commercial two-day weekend event organized annually
in Brussels, Belgium. It brings together 8000+ open source developers
and enthusiasts from around the world. No registration or payment is
necessary. FOSDEM provides a unique opportunity for developers and
communities to meet, share knowledge, and promote the development and
benefits of open source solutions.</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px"><br></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px"><span class="author-a-xsnsbz74zpz79zpz87zz87zz78zz69zz85zl8">### Bioinformatics & Computational Biology</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px"><br></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px"><span class="author-a-xsnsbz74zpz79zpz87zz87zz78zz69zz85zl8">Over
the past two decades, biology has been transformed by high-throughput
technologies that generate vast amounts of data. This revolution created
demand for efficient algorithms, parallel computing infrastructures
(GPUs, HPC, cloud platforms), and sophisticated software tools.
Open-source software is integral to this landscape.</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px"><br></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px"><span class="author-a-xsnsbz74zpz79zpz87zz87zz78zz69zz85zl8">Bioinformatics bridges engineering, computer science, and biology. We define it broadly to encompass: </span></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px"><span class="author-a-xsnsbz74zpz79zpz87zz87zz78zz69zz85zl8">* Genomics</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px"><span class="author-a-xsnsbz74zpz79zpz87zz87zz78zz69zz85zl8">* Medical imaging (ie Radiology, digital Pathology)</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px"><span class="author-a-xsnsbz74zpz79zpz87zz87zz78zz69zz85zl8">* AI-driven protein research</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px"><span class="author-a-xsnsbz74zpz79zpz87zz87zz78zz69zz85zl8">* Medical informatics and med-tech</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px"><span class="author-a-xsnsbz74zpz79zpz87zz87zz78zz69zz85zl8">* ... Any field at the intersection of the Life Sciences and technology that has a FOSS angle</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px"><br></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px"><span class="author-a-xsnsbz74zpz79zpz87zz87zz78zz69zz85zl8">### The Devroom</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px"><br></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px"><span class="author-a-xsnsbz74zpz79zpz87zz87zz78zz69zz85zl8">Following
a successful Birds of a Feather session at FOSDEM 2025 that drew dozens
of attendees from diverse backgrounds, we're launching a dedicated
Bioinformatics & Computational Biology devroom. It focuses on
sharing and collaboration in the life sciences, covering:</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px"><span class="author-a-xsnsbz74zpz79zpz87zz87zz78zz69zz85zl8"> </span></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px"><span class="author-a-xsnsbz74zpz79zpz87zz87zz78zz69zz85zl8">* Best practices and emerging approaches</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px"><span class="author-a-xsnsbz74zpz79zpz87zz87zz78zz69zz85zl8">* FOSS projects and tools</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px"><span class="author-a-xsnsbz74zpz79zpz87zz87zz78zz69zz85zl8">* Workflow Management & HPC</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px"><span class="author-a-xsnsbz74zpz79zpz87zz87zz78zz69zz85zl8">* Reproducibility and open science</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px"><span class="author-a-xsnsbz74zpz79zpz87zz87zz78zz69zz85zl8">* Software Engineering and UX</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px"><span class="author-a-xsnsbz74zpz79zpz87zz87zz78zz69zz85zl8">* AI & Machine Learning applications</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px"><span class="author-a-xsnsbz74zpz79zpz87zz87zz78zz69zz85zl8">* Visualization and interactive tools</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px"><br></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px"><span class="author-a-xsnsbz74zpz79zpz87zz87zz78zz69zz85zl8">### Call for presentations</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px"><br></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px"><span class="author-a-qpcqz87z9lz89z6z69z9oikz88zh">_Submission deadline: </span><span class="author-a-ez65z9z86zlz70zz65zz87zl7sm5xz74zj">N</span><span class="author-a-qpcqz87z9lz89z6z69z9oikz88zh">ovember 30, 2025_</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px"><br></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px"><span class="author-a-xsnsbz74zpz79zpz87zz87zz78zz69zz85zl8">We
invite proposals from developers, researchers, and any enthusiasts
working with open source tools in the life sciences. Whether you're from
academia, industry, or the public sector, we want to hear about:</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px"><span class="author-a-xsnsbz74zpz79zpz87zz87zz78zz69zz85zl8"> </span></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px"><span class="author-a-xsnsbz74zpz79zpz87zz87zz78zz69zz85zl8">* Technical presentations on FOSS bioinformatics tools and projects</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px"><span class="author-a-xsnsbz74zpz79zpz87zz87zz78zz69zz85zl8">* Tutorials and demos of workflows, pipelines, infrastructure or software</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px"><span class="author-a-xsnsbz74zpz79zpz87zz87zz78zz69zz85zl8">* Best practices in reproducibility, performance optimization, or collaboration</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px"><span class="author-a-xsnsbz74zpz79zpz87zz87zz78zz69zz85zl8">* Experience reports from production systems or large-scale deployments</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px"><span class="author-a-xsnsbz74zpz79zpz87zz87zz78zz69zz85zl8">* Technologies like ML/AI</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px"><br></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px"><span class="author-a-xsnsbz74zpz79zpz87zz87zz78zz69zz85zl8">We especially encourage submissions that:</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px"><br></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px"><span class="author-a-xsnsbz74zpz79zpz87zz87zz78zz69zz85zl8">* Address practical challenges with real-world solutions</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px"><span class="author-a-xsnsbz74zpz79zpz87zz87zz78zz69zz85zl8">* Cover the biological context driving computational choices</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px"><span class="author-a-xsnsbz74zpz79zpz87zz87zz78zz69zz85zl8">* Showcase cross-disciplinary collaboration</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px"><span class="author-a-xsnsbz74zpz79zpz87zz87zz78zz69zz85zl8">* Highlight lessons learned from FOSS development in life sciences</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px"><br></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px"><span class="author-a-xsnsbz74zpz79zpz87zz87zz78zz69zz85zl8">We have several talk Formats:</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px"><span class="author-a-xsnsbz74zpz79zpz87zz87zz78zz69zz85zl8"> </span></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px"><span class="author-a-xsnsbz74zpz79zpz87zz87zz78zz69zz85zl8">* Standard talks: 20 minutes + 5 minutes Q&A</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px"><span class="author-a-xsnsbz74zpz79zpz87zz87zz78zz69zz85zl8">* Short talks: 10 minutes + 5 minutes Q&A</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px"><span class="author-a-xsnsbz74zpz79zpz87zz87zz78zz69zz85zl8">*
Lightning talks: 5 minutes "Your project in 1 slide" (perfect for
introducing new tools, seeking collaborators, or sparking discussions
which can be continued in the hallway)</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px"><br></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px"><span class="author-a-xsnsbz74zpz79zpz87zz87zz78zz69zz85zl8">Note:
All talks will be live-streamed and recorded (audio+video). By
submitting, you agree to being recorded and that your content will be
published under a Creative Commons (CC-BY) license.</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px"><br></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px"><span class="author-a-xsnsbz74zpz79zpz87zz87zz78zz69zz85zl8">#### How to submit a talk</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px"><br></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px"><span class="author-a-xsnsbz74zpz79zpz87zz87zz78zz69zz85zl8">- Go to [FOSDEM pretalx](</span><span class="author-a-xsnsbz74zpz79zpz87zz87zz78zz69zz85zl8 url"><a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://pretalx.fosdem.org/fosdem-2026/cfp" target="_blank" data-ik="ik-secure" data-ik-opengraph-status="anchor">https://pretalx.fosdem.org/fosdem-2026/cfp</a></span><span class="author-a-xsnsbz74zpz79zpz87zz87zz78zz69zz85zl8">) website.</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px"><span class="author-a-xsnsbz74zpz79zpz87zz87zz78zz69zz85zl8">- Indicate the duration in the title (20min, 10min or 5 min)</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px"><span class="author-a-xsnsbz74zpz79zpz87zz87zz78zz69zz85zl8">- Select ‘Bioinformatics and Computational Biology’ from the ‘Track’ field.</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px"><br></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px"><span class="author-a-qpcqz87z9lz89z6z69z9oikz88zh">Note: Organizers may request shorter talk formats if we receive more submissions than we can accommodate.</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px"><br></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px"><span class="author-a-xsnsbz74zpz79zpz87zz87zz78zz69zz85zl8">For any questions or issue, contact us [via the mailing list](</span><span class="author-a-xsnsbz74zpz79zpz87zz87zz78zz69zz85zl8 url"><a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://framagroupes.org/sympa/info/bioinfo-fosdem" target="_blank" data-ik="ik-secure" data-ik-opengraph-status="anchor">https://framagroupes.org/sympa/info/bioinfo-fosdem</a></span><span class="author-a-xsnsbz74zpz79zpz87zz87zz78zz69zz85zl8">) or in our [Matrix space](</span><span class="author-a-xsnsbz74zpz79zpz87zz87zz78zz69zz85zl8 url"><a data-ik-opengraph-status="anchor" data-ik="ik-secure" href="https://matrix.to/#/#fosdem-bioinfo:matrix.org" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://matrix.to/#/#fosdem-bioinfo:matrix.org</a>).</span><span class="author-a-xsnsbz74zpz79zpz87zz87zz78zz69zz85zl8"></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px"><br></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px"><br></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px"><span class="author-a-xsnsbz74zpz79zpz87zz87zz78zz69zz85zl8">We look forward to your submissions and to seeing you at FOSDEM 2026 !</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px"><br></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px"><br></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px"><br></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px">T<span class="author-a-xsnsbz74zpz79zpz87zz87zz78zz69zz85zl8">he Bioinformatics & Computational Biology Devroom Team</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px"><br></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px"><span class="author-a-xsnsbz74zpz79zpz87zz87zz78zz69zz85zl8">* Alexis Praga - Medical Doctor, Ph.D in HPC</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px"><span class="author-a-xsnsbz74zpz79zpz87zz87zz78zz69zz85zl8">* Freek van Hermert - Next-Generation Sequencing & Data Infrastructure</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px"><span class="author-a-xsnsbz74zpz79zpz87zz87zz78zz69zz85zl8">* Jim Procter - Computational Scientist, FOSS Community</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px"><span class="author-a-xsnsbz74zpz79zpz87zz87zz78zz69zz85zl8">* Elena Grassi - Computational Biologist, Bioconductor/Bioconda contributor</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px"><span class="author-a-xsnsbz74zpz79zpz87zz87zz78zz69zz85zl8">* Alessandi Pilotti - Dev in open source cloud computing, Bioinformatics enthusiast</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; 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